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Kikwit

American  
[kee-kweet] / ˈki kwit /

noun

  1. a city in W Zaire.


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Socklo's passion began in his village in Kikwit, southwestern Congo, in 1975, when he dismantled and copied a guitar a friend had given him.

From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2021

Heymann, who collaborated with Muyembe during the Kikwit outbreak 25 years ago, understands Congolese researchers’ position.

From Nature ● Jul. 23, 2019

"In Kikwit it was also an outbreak in an urban area, less than 500km from Kinshasa," recalled Health Minister Oly Illunga Kalenga.

From BBC ● May 24, 2018

The team has also begun collecting blood samples from 40 survivors of an outbreak that occurred in Kikwit in 1995.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2017

The New Brunswick, New Jersey, company said earlier experiments conducted by the National Institutes of Health showed that the vaccine regimen protected against the Kikwit Zaire strain of Ebola.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2015

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